"EL," SIXTH AVENUE LINE, 28TH STREET STATION
West 28th Street
NOVEMBER 10, 1938. ABBOTT FILE L-33

In 1939 the Sixth Avenue Line was the first of New York's elevated trains to be torn down. Although she had already taken several photographs of El stations, Abbott may have wished to depict one that was already closed, ready for demolition. The elimination of the overhead tracks was intended to revitalize Sixth Avenue, but the neighborhood near the West 28th Street station has changed little. The industrial lofts visible in the photograph still stand and, as in Abbott's day, are occupied by garment and plant wholesalers.

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